Russia and Us Eye Joint Arctic Energy Projects after Saudi discussions – Politico

The negotiations, which have sidelined Ukraine and Europe, sparked anxiety and emergency in the main European capitals while US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin seem to decide to decide to The future of Ukraine without substantial contribution of Kyiv or its Western allies.

For his part, Trump aims to extend American influence in the Arctic, after having repeatedly thought of the acquisition of Greenland from Denmark – and refused to exclude military force or economic constraint to take control From the massive island with its vast mineral wealth and its key strategic strategic strategy location.

US Oil Major Exxonmobil had associated itself with the Russian major oil of the Rosneft State to explore hydrocarbons in High Arctic, but retired in 2018 following the imposition of Western sanctions in response to the initial invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2014.

DMITRIEV was part of a Russian delegation which included the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, and Putin’s foreign policy advisor, Yuri Ushakov, and was in Saudi Arabia for the first disulsions on Ukraine. Tuesday’s talks were the first contact between officials from both parties following a call between Trump and Putin last week.

He commented on the economic track of talks, which he described as good, but refused to go into the details of political discussions. Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed the American delegation, accompanied by the National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and the Middle East Steve Witkoff envoy.

“Positive after the Biden administration destroyed all the communication, destroyed the whole discussion,” he said.